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B2: a little known fact about one of my socialist heroes, Teddy Roosevelt. In 1905, 18 people died playing football. He demanded change

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Oct 18 '10, 13:39

its likely if he didn't cause change to the game of football back then, it probably wouldn't exist today

one of the rules that got changed for 1906 because of Roosevelt was the introduction of the forward pass

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wait....Teddy was a pinko? -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 13:43 5
- The official name of the Bull Moose Party was the Progressive Party. -- nm - Ender Oct 18, 13:47 1
  - although that meant a different thing than it did today. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:50
- imagine what would happen today if Obama tried to squirrel away as much American soil as Teddy did when he created the National Forest system -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 13:44 2
  - clinton did in his last days in office -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:57
  - but that was part of Manifest Destiny! - Remlik Oct 18, 13:46
rugby retort! -- nm - Max Oct 18, 13:41
this is a fantastic point, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:40

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B2: a little known fact about one of my socialist heroes, Teddy Roosevelt. In 1905, 18 people died playing football. He demanded change

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